World Poetry Day: You Who The Earth Was For by Ste...

This World Poetry Day, we’re serving a sneak peek from ROOM 46.1 Around the Table: Asian Voices.

Around the Table: Literary Readings Celebrating As...

Sunday, March 26th 2pm-5pm PST In-Person at Massy Arts Gallery | Streaming on Zoom Join our host and lead editor Michelle Ha in celebrating Around the Table with art and performances from the issue. Browse visiting cover artist Paige Jung’s work and listen to Stephanie Lim, Grace Liu, Many Ruthnum, and Jaeyun Yoo read fiction, […]

The Chipmunk

Contest Winners, Fiction

The Chipmunk is the Third Place Winner of Room’s 2022 Short Forms Contest, as judged by Alix Ohlin. You can find the full list of winners, and what judge Alix Ohlin had to say about each winning piece, here. ___ The Chipmunk At the campsite, my sister and I knot string around unshelled peanuts and […]

Short Forms Contest 2022: The Winners

Announcement, Contest, Contest Winners, What's New

We are so very pleased to announce the winners of our 2022 Short Forms Contest. A huge congratulations to the following three writers whose works were handpicked by our amazing judge, Alix Ohlin. We won’t keep you waiting any longer: here they are! ____ First Place: Shoulders, by Isra Siddiqui Isra Siddiqui likes to mess […]

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